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HB 49                                                                                                                         
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 49                                                                                                           
    "An Act authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease                                                            
    land for carbon management purposes; establishing a carbon                                                                  
    offset program for state land; authorizing the sale of carbon offset                                                        
    credits; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 49(RES)                                                                                               
    "An Act authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to lease                                                            
    land for carbon management purposes; establishing a carbon                                                                  
    offset program for state land; authorizing the sale of carbon offset                                                        
    credits; authorizing the use of land and water within the Haines                                                            
    State Forest Resource Management Area for a carbon offset                                                                   
    project; authorizing the undertaking of carbon offset projects on                                                           
    land in legislatively designated state forests; and providing for an                                                        
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative McKay, Chair, with the                                                                  
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  Saddler, Wright, McKay                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (6):  Mears, Armstrong, Dibert, McCabe,                                                                       
Rauscher, Patkotak                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 49(RES):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                          
5.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                          
6.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 49 was referred to the Finance Committee.